Week 11 Post #19 - Playing at the park


Devin was able to spend about an hour in his wheelchair at the park this afternoon where he shot a few baskets and played catch with his older brother. It was a cool sunny day and Devin was very happy for a chance to enjoy being outdoors, if only for a short time.

As we are quickly approaching the third month since his fall Devin's patients with his confinement continues to diminish. It continually becomes more difficult to find a comfortable position that does not hurt and the days seem to drag on forever - its hard for an active person to be off their feet for extended periods of time and especially hard when thinking of activities that his friends are participating in that he would like to be. Having friends over has been a real boost, helping to keep his spirits high. He has also been keeping very busy catching up with school work having two months to catch up on and having only two hours a week of tutor time is giving him the opportunity to lean on his inner drive to keep focused and make forward progress every day.

We have a lot to be thankful for this year as we approach the holiday seasons - among other things we are thankful for your friendship and support - there are many people who's prayers have made a difference and a handful of wonderful people who have made sacrifices of their time and/or money to help in these uncertain times. Thank you.

Week 10 - Post #18 - The Bodycast comes off!

After another visit to Harborview, the back surgeon said that the damage to Devin's spine was healing very well - ahead of schedule - and that he could remove his body cast. The original estimates were 3-6 months. This is great news! If his ankles/feet continue to heal as quickly as they have been, he might even be able to start rehab as early as mid-December. This is amazing progress - there is no doubt in the minds of anyone close to this situation that we have truly witnessed miracles - even friends who have never set foot in a church of any kind, at any time, for any reason...

Week 9 - Post #17 - The cast comes off!





Time has not permitted an update in the past several weeks - we are long overdue.

On Wednesday October 29th Devin returned to Harborview for several xrays and other tests, and the highlight of the day was the removal of his cast from his right leg. This was the leg that suffered from the partial amputation when Devin hit the ground. If you wish to see more photos with the cast removed, scroll down the the next post - if you prefer not to see somewhat graphic images, you might not want to look.

This is his last non-removable fiberglass wrapped cast! He will be in removable casts on both feet for several months - like the one you can see in the picture on his left leg - getting this cast off is a huge milestone for Devin. He also had the 'External Fixation' removed from his right leg, and so far he does not seem to miss it.

Week 9 - Post #17 - right leg pictures


These are not nearly as graphic when scaled from three megabyte images to 16 kilobytes - which might be a good thing.